Paden, MS
Paden, MS's wildfire risk, in USFS's own numbers
Paden's 92 buildings earn a 71st-percentile wildfire-risk score nationally under USFS's model — well above the national norm for wildfire risk. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
Fire likelihood alone (USFS's burn-probability figure) ranks Paden at the 73rd national percentile — 2 points above its risk-to-structures score, a gap driven by how much is actually built there.
Paden's building exposure, zone by zone
USFS classifies 78.3% of Paden's buildings as Direct exposure, higher than its 21.7% Indirect share and far above its 0% Minimal share — a profile where 72 structures sit close enough to vegetation that lot clearing matters most.
How Paden compares
Paden scores 71st nationally and 61st within Mississippi — close enough that its state context doesn't change the picture the national number already gives. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Paden ranks 9,203 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 29,408 by building count (1 is largest). Within Mississippi alone, it ranks 165 of 420 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for Mississippi on its state page.
Paden and the insurance market
Paden's high rating (71st percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
What would actually reduce this score
Because Direct exposure dominates in Paden (78.3%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Paden's 71st-percentile score and its burn-probability figure both come from the same USFS workbook, documented in the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Paden, see the exposure-zones guide.